touchy when asked for a response to critics who say he's been weak on things like sanctions against russia and the red line on syria's chemical weapons. chief white house correspondent ed henry traveling with the president in the philippines. ed, you pressed the president on whether his foreign policy shows weakness and i'm not sure he loved your question. >> reporter: no, i don't think so. look no further than the president's own hometown paper the "chicago tribune" which a couple days ago took a look at the trip in asia and said that the president's foreign policy is under siege, in their words, on multiple fronts. you mentioned syria. ukraine. let's not forget middle east peace talks that they were trying to revive have now fallen apart. i asked the president whether there was some sort of guiding principle he takes to all of these crises to push back on the critics who say he's indecisive and weak. he took a little shot at fox news. listen to this. >> what you think the obama dak tr doctrine is in terms of these crises and how you answer those critics who say they think the doctrine is